April 17, 2012
As small business owners, our members understand government must live within its means. They also know one of government’s key roles is to create an environment that allows businesses to thrive. Sadly, government has failed in both of these areas. This is why our CFIB team is traveling the Island with an Action Alert calling on Premier Ghiz to do three things for small business.
February 15, 2012
Tackling the Island’s significant deficit and the debt are small businesses’ top priorities for the upcoming budget – and doing so without raising taxes. We recently met separately with PEI Finance Minister Wes Sheridan and members of the opposition Tory caucus to share all of this – and more.
March 21, 2011
While Canada weathered the recent economic downturn better than most, we did not escape without scrapes and bruises. Injecting billions of taxpayer dollars to "stimulate" the economy saw the federal government sink further into debt.
When it comes to government spending, Canada sits in middle of the international pack in total government spending (38.4 per cent of GDP). The same can’t be said for Nova Scotia. Not only does Nova Scotia have unsustainably high government spending, we are more de
